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FROM: Junichi Takada General Manager, Media & Publicity Department, THE JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION (JRA) DATE: May 17, 2020 SUBJECT: RESULTS OF THE 15TH VICTORIA MILE (G1) In accordance with the restructuring of JRA racing program for fillies/mares executed in the 2006 season, the Victoria Mile was established to give the older fillies/mares a stage to prove their ability among their own sex, in addition to the Queen Elizabeth II Cup, which had been the only G1 reserved for older fillies/mares. While the Queen Elizabeth is run over 2,200 meters and held in mid-November, the Victoria Mile is held in spring and provides female milers a chance to claim a G1 title without having a tough competition in a mixed field. The race, however, attracts not only fillies/mares suited to the mile distance but also outstanding runners from the middle-long distance group. Past victors include two-time Horse of the Year winner Vodka (JPN, by Tanino Gimlet; ’09), 2010 Horse of the Year Buena Vista (JPN, by Special Week; ’10) and 2010 fillies’ Triple Crown winner Apapane (JPN, by King Kamehameha; ’11). Meanwhile, both Verxina (JPN, by Deep Impact) and Straight Girl (JPN, by Fuji Kiseki) claimed consecutive Victoria Mile titles in 2013-14 and 2015-16, respectively. The top three finishers will earn automatic starting positions in the French G1 Prix Jacques le Marois (1,600m) where not only will they be exempted from paying registration fee but will be given a total of €20,000 as a transportation subsidy. The race also joined the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series this year, enabling its winner to earn automatic starting position in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1, 1,900m). Defending champion Normcore came off a 15th in her first sprint start, the Takamatsunomiya Kinen (G1, 1,200m; Mar.29) while 2018 Horse of the Year Almond Eye and last year’s Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks, G1, 2,400m) victor Loves Only You commenced their 2020 season with this race instead of the Dubai World Cup meeting, which was cancelled due to COVID-19. Sound Chiara registered her third consecutive graded title in the main prep for the Victoria Mile, the Hanshin Himba Stakes (G2, 1,600m; Apr.11), where Scarlet Color, Dimension, Beach Samba and 2018 Best Two-Year-Old Filly Danon Fantasy were among the top five, finishing behind the winner in this order. The field also included Contra Check, 2019 Turquoise Stakes (G3, 1,600m) winner, who finished 16th in the Nakayama Himba Stakes (G3, 1,800m; Mar.14), and last year’s runner-up Primo Scene who came off a fifth in the Lord Derby Challenge Trophy (G3, 1,600m; Apr.4). THE 15TH VICTORIA MILE (G1) 4-year-olds & up, Fillies & Mares, 1,600 meters (about 8 furlongs), turf, left-handed Sunday, May 17, 2020 Tokyo Racecourse 11th Race Post time: 15:40 Total prize money: ¥ 226,800,000 (about US$ 2,100,000 <US$1=¥108>) 4-y-o & up: 55kg (about 121 lbs), 1kg allowance for Southern Hemisphere-bred born in 2016 Course Record: 1:30.5 Race Record: 1:30.5 [Normcore (JPN, by Harbinger), 2019] Safety factor: 18 runners Going: Firm Weather: Fine S&A Sire Owner Horse Odds Margin FP BK PP Color Dam Breeder Jockey Wgt (Fav) (L3F) (Dam’s Sire) Trainer M5 Lord Kanaloa Silk Racing Co., Ltd. Almond Eye (JPN) 1.4 1:30.6 1 6 12 b. Fusaichi Pandora Northern Racing Christophe Lemaire 55.0 (1) (32.9) (Sunday Silence) Sakae Kunieda M5 Deep Impact Yuichi Masuda Sound Chiara (JPN) 12.9 4 2 8 18 b. Sound Barrier Yuichi Masuda Kohei Matsuyama 55.0 (4) (33.8) (Agnes Digital) Akio Adachi M5 Harbinger Seiichi Iketani Normcore (JPN) 17.4 Neck 3 8 16 g. Chronologist Northern Racing Norihiro Yokoyama 55.0 (5) (33.2) (Kurofune) Kiyoshi Hagiwara M5 Lord Kanaloa Shadai Race Horse Co., Ltd. Trois Etoiles (JPN) 123.8 1/2 4 7 13 b. Secondo Piatto Shadai Farm Kosei Miura 55.0 (12) (34.7) (Heart's Cry) Takayuki Yasuda F4 Deep Impact Danox Co., Ltd. Danon Fantasy (JPN) 18.4 1/2 5 4 7 b. Life For Sale Northern Racing Yuga Kawada 55.0 (6) (33.5) (Not For Sale) Mitsumasa Nakauchida F4 Daiwa Major S.Morinaka Shigeru Pink Dia (JPN) 100.6 3/4 6 2 4 d.b. Moonlight Bay Amaba Bokujo Ryuji Wada 55.0 (11) (33.2) (High Chaparral) Kunihiko Watanabe F4 Deep Impact DMM Dream Club Co., Ltd. Loves Only You (JPN) 9.5 1 7 1 1 b. Loves Only Me Northern Farm Mirco Demuro 55.0 (3) (33.5) (Storm Cat) Yoshito Yahagi M5 Deep Impact Silk Racing Co., Ltd. Primo Scene (JPN) 7.5 1-1/4 8 3 5 br. Mosheen Northern Racing Damian Lane 55.0 (2) (33.4) (Fastnet Rock) Tetsuya Kimura F4 Kurofune Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co., Ltd. Beach Samba (JPN) 38.1 Neck 9 1 2 d.b. Fusaichi Airedale Northern Racing Yuichi Fukunaga 55.0 (9) (33.4) (Sunday Silence) Yasuo Tomomichi F4 Heart's Cry Three H Racing Co., Ltd. Shadow Diva (JPN) 86.0 1-1/2 10 2 3 d.b. Diamond Diva Northern Racing Kenichi Ikezoe 55.0 (10) (33.4) (Dansili) Makoto Saito M5 Deep Impact Sunday Racing Co., Ltd. Arusha (JPN) 288.4 1/2 11 7 15 g. Zazu Northern Racing Hiroshi Kitamura 55.0 (15) (33.2) (Tapit) Kazuo Fujisawa M5 Deep Impact Takaya Shimakawa Tosen Bless (JPN) 223.0 Nose 12 3 6 d.b. Bloomin' Bar Yukihiro Moroe Takuya Ono 55.0 (13) (33.3) (Falbrav) Yukihiro Kato M5 Deep Impact Satomi Horse Company Co., Ltd. Satono Garnet (JPN) 293.1 Neck 13 6 11 d.b. Beatrix Kiddo Oiwake Farm Yutaka Yoshida 55.0 (16) (33.5) (Victory Note) Yoshito Yahagi F4 Deep Impact U. Carrot Farm Contra Check (JPN) 31.9 Head 14 8 17 d.b. Rich Dancer Northern Racing Yutaka Take 55.0 (8) (35.4) (Halling) Kazuo Fujisawa M5 Victoire Pisa Koji Maeda Scarlet Color (JPN) 21.0 2-1/2 15 7 14 b. Ventus North Hills Co,. Ltd. Shu Ishibashi 55.0 (7) (34.5) (War Emblem) Ryo Takahashi M5 Lord Kanaloa Suzuko Ota Megere Su (JPN) 280.0 3 16 5 10 b. Asian Winds Ms Suzuko Ota Yoshitsugu Okada 55.0 (14) (35.6) (Fuji Kiseki) Hideaki Fujiwara M6 Deep Impact Hiroo Race Dimension (JPN) 4 8 b. Scratched Miss Pemberley PANGLOSS Y.K. Toshihiro Hirosaki et al. Daisaku Matsuda 55.0 (Montjeu) Hideaki Fujiwara F4 Orfevre Teruya Yoshida Therapeia (JPN) 5 9 g. Scratched Laragh Shadai Farm Hironobu Tanabe 55.0 (Tapit) Kenichi Fujioka FP: Final Position / BK: Bracket Number / PP: Post Position / S&A: Sex & Age / Wgt: Weight (kg) / L3F: Time of Last 3 Furlongs (600m) Color: b.=bay / bl.=black / br.=brown / ch.=chestnut / d.b.=dark bay / d.ch.=dark chestnut / g.=gray / w.=white NOTE 1: No Foreign Contenders NOTE 2: Figures quoted under Odds are shown in form of decimal odds (single unit is ¥100), and Fav indicates the order of favorites. Turnover for the Race alone: ¥ 15,902,841,300 Turnover for the Day: ¥ 24,862,607,600 Pay-off (for ¥100) Win No.12 ¥ 140 Bracket Quinella 6-8 ¥ 390 Quinella 12-18 ¥ 750 No.12 ¥ 110 12-18 ¥ 390 Exacta 12-18 ¥ 950 Place No.18 ¥ 220 Quinella Place 12-16 ¥ 530 Trio 12-16-18 ¥ 2,960 No.16 ¥ 300 16-18 ¥ 1,530 Trifecta 12-18-16 ¥ 7,340 Winner= 12 starts, 9 wins, 1 second, 1 third / Added money: ¥ 108,822,000 / Career earnings: ¥ 1,406,633,900 Almond Eye Claims This Year’s Victoria Mile to Register Record-Tying 7th G1 Title Overwhelming race favorite Almond Eye claimed this year’s Victoria Mile in 1:30.6, only 0.1 second off the track record. This race was her first start after returning from the UAE for the intended start in the Dubai Turf to defend her title. Capturing the fillies’ Triple Crown—the Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas, 1,600m), the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks, 2,400m) and the Shuka Sho (2,000m)—and the Japan Cup title in her three- year-old season, and the Dubai Turf (1,800m) and the Tenno Sho (Autumn) (2,000m) last year, this win marks her record-tying 7th turf G1 title along with Symboli Rudolf, T.M. Opera O, Deep Impact, Vodka, Gentildonna and Kitasan Black. Trainer Sakae Kunieda claimed his 17th JRA-G1 title following last year’s Tenno Sho (Autumn), which he won with this horse, and jockey Christophe Lemaire won his memorable 30th JRA-G1 title following his Tenno Sho (Spring) victory with Fierement two weeks earlier. Five-year-old Almond Eye broke smoothly and settled in good position around sixth from the pacesetter, Trois Etoiles, who set a rapid pace. Chasing Sound Chiara through most of the trip, the Lord Kanaloa mare edged forward turning the corners, entered the lane fourth from the front and dislodged an admiringly powerful drive through the homestretch, easily overtaking the front horses by the 200-meter pole and further accelerating for a four-length victory. “I think she’s matured well, as she was relaxed from the paddock to the start of the race. I was able to position her in good position behind Sound Chiara and race her in her own rhythm without getting any pressure from the outside. She felt good during the race and displayed her powerful strides at the end.
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    odern horse racing in Japan had its beginnings in racing events that were organized by foreign residents of Yokohama in 1862. In 1861, when Japan was about to move from the feudal system into the Meiji Restoration, foreign residents living in Yokohama, predominantly British, introduced the first Western-style horse racing by establishing the Yokohama Race Club to Japan. Western style horse racing was held in foreign enclaves, and hence, unfortunately, very little is known or recorded about initial era in Japan’s modern horse racing history. At about the same time that the name of the Japanese central city was changed from Edo to Tokyo, Western-style horse racing began to be found in the major metropolitan cities across the country. In 1906, the government embarked on a policy which tacitly allowed to bet. This led to the introduction of modern horse racing featuring sales of betting tickets in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and other metropolitan cities, from which most racing operations benefited. However, this profitable system was short lived; two years later, the government prohibited betting and instituted a system of paying direct subsidies for prize money and other horse racing expenses. During this subsequent period of government-subsidized horse racing, prominent legislators, businessmen, as well as breeders, began active efforts to introduce a horse racing law. Eventually the government began to take proactive position to promote horse racing in order to expand breeding in Japan and to improve quality of the Japanese horses. In 1923, horse racing legislation, so greatly desired by the horse racing industry, was enacted and led to the formation of 11 racing clubs.
  • 20151202 HKIR2015 FORMGUIDE E.Pdf

    20151202 HKIR2015 FORMGUIDE E.Pdf

    Welcome to the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races 2015 – The Turf World Championships on Sunday, 13 December. The HK$83 million LONGINES Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin Racecourse on Sunday, 13 December have attracted a stellar line-up of Group 1 stars. A total of 31 international G1 winners are among the 55 entries selected for the world’s great end-of-year G1 extravaganza. The world-class contenders for the Turf World Championships feature returning LONGINES Hong Kong Vase champion Flintshire, Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint victor Mongolian Saturday from the U.S., Japan’s outstanding miler Maurice, the brilliant French mare Esoterique, Australia’s top-class galloper Criterion and Ireland’s crack middle-distance runner Free Eagle. In the FORM GUIDE of each race, the PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS table provides you with a bird-eye's view of the race. This at-a-glance guide gives you a full form summary of the horses in a simple and concise table. Another handy tool is the INTERNATIONAL RATINGS CHART. In weight-for-age races like the LONGINES HKIR, generally speaking, the higher a horse's rating, which is based on racing performance, the better its chance to win. A preliminary SPEED CHART has been included to assist in identifying likely positions in running. Please note that this is preliminary only and the full Speed Map will be available after barrier draw in the SpeedPOWER Form Guide on www.hkjc.com/english/formguide/formguide.asp. If you need further information and analysis, just flip over to the next section where you will find the COMPREHENSIVE PAST PERFORMANCE of the horses.
  • MARE, Consigned by Godolphin

    MARE, Consigned by Godolphin

    MARE, consigned by Godolphin Will Stand at Park Paddocks, Somerville Paddock U, Box 408 Mr Prospector (USA) Machiavellian (USA) (WITH VAT) Coup de Folie (USA) 153 Street Cry (IRE) Troy CONSERVATOIRE Helen Street (USA) Waterway (FR) (2009) Shirley Heights Mezzo Soprano Darshaan A Bay Mare Delsy (FR) (USA) Blushing Groom (FR) (2000) Morn of Song (USA) Glorious Song (CAN) Covered by NIGHT OF THUNDER (IRE) last service March 13th; believed in foal. Pregnancy Certificate available, see conditions of Sale. CONSERVATOIRE (USA), unraced; dam of: 2014 Territorial (JPN) (c. by Teofilo (IRE)), unraced to date. 2015 (f. by Stay Gold (JPN)). 2016 Barren. 1st Dam MEZZO SOPRANO (USA), won 4 races at 2 and 3 years at home, in France and in U.A.E. and £247,222 including Prix Vermeille-Fouquet's Barriere, Longchamp, Gr.1 and EBF Galtres Stakes, York, L., placed 3 times viz second in Caffreys Lupe Stakes, Goodwood, L., third in Ribblesdale Stakes, Ascot, Gr.2 and Prix de Psyche, Deauville, Gr.3; dam of two winners from 3 runners and 7 foals of racing age viz- CLAREMONT (IRE) (c. by Sadler's Wells (USA)), won 4 races at 3 to 5 years at home, in France and in U.A.E. and £219,154 including Prix du Lys, Chantilly, Gr.3, Totepool Aston Park Stakes, Newbury, L. and Al Dana Nad Al Sheba Trophy, Meydan, L., placed second in Prix de l'Avre, Longchamp, L., third in Jockey Club Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.2, Prix Hocquart, Longchamp, Gr.2 and John Porter Stakes, Newbury, Gr.3.